Administration of government; boards and councils, cleanup.
Summary
Administration of government; boards and councils;cleanup. Aligns authorizing language across certain boards andcouncils. The bill also increases from 18 to 21 the nonlegislativecitizen members of the Asian Advisory Board and the Council on Women.The bill removes the power and duty of the Council on Women to reviewand comment on budget and appropriation requests and grant applications.The bill revises the purpose of the Council on Women from identifyingways in which women can reach their potential to advising the Governoron matters pertaining to women and ways to improve their educational,professional, cultural, and governmental status within the Commonwealth.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Mar 2, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Mar 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 57 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105269D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joseph C. Lindsey
DDemocratic
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